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Cast your vote: Top business newsmaker of 2011

Ashleigh Patterson

Flaherty or Carney? Balsille or Brochu? It was a big year for Canadian business with some of the country's top power players and policy makers jostling for headline dominance. Research in Motion and Sino-Forest both had a disastrous 2011, while Canada's big-six banks posted stellar year-end results. Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney made a splash as the new head of the Financial Stability Board, while Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty struggled with deficit-reduction promises in the face of a stagnant Canadian economy.

Which of these game changers had the biggest impact in 2011? Have your say with the Canadian Press Business Newsmaker of the Year poll.